Riyaz Naikoo News

Mobile internet services were snapped across the Valley on May 6, the day Naikoo was killed, to prevent violent protests in the region.

In this segment of Taal Thok Ke, we discuss - Is terrorism game over for Pakistan? The Indian Army has made it very clear that it will not tolerate any kind of terrorist activity.

Gazi Haider aka Saifullah, who banned terror outfit Hizbul Mujahideen appointed as its new operational commander chief in Kashmir, following the elimination of Riyaz Naikoo by Indian forces, has been instructed to carry out maximum destruction in the Valley. 

The situation in the valley, which has been witnessing lockdown since the third week of March due to COVID-19 pandemic, was generally calm barring a few local protests in some villages of Pulwama in south Kashmir.

Police used batons and tear smoke shells to chase away the protesters, the officials said, adding there were no reports of any injuries among the protesters so far.

Riyaz Naikoo - a top Hizbul Mujahideen commander, on the run for eight years, was killed in an encounter with security forces in his home village in Kashmir's Pulwama district on May 6. Naikoo, who was carrying a bounty of Rs 12 lakh on his head, was active in the valley for 8 years.

Concertina wires and heavy deployment of security force personnel dotted the roads around densely populated areas of the city and elsewhere in the valley to ensure that only people with movement passes were out of their homes.

This has come to light after the Punjab Police arrested two accomplices of Naikoo's close associate, Hilal Ahmed Wagay, from Amritsar.

J&K Police IG (Kashmir Range) Vijay Kumar said, "We were tracking Riyaz Naikoo for six months." He further said that anti-terror operations will be increased and there will be no slow down on them.

Life came to a full circle for the bespectacled Pakistan-supported Hizb-ul-Mujahideen's top terror commander Naikoo as he was gunned down in the same village from where he had scripted his journey into terrorism in 2012.

The administration of the union territory has decided to bury them and not reveal the location.

Riyaz Naikoo's elimination is a major blow to the local terror groups active in the area. He became a terrorist in May 2012 and was a close associate of former Hizb-ul-Mujahideen chief Burhan Wani. 

In a major breakthrough, the security forces killed the most wanted and Pakistan-supported Hizb-ul-Mujahideen's top terrorist Riyaz Naikoo along with his associate in an encounter in Beighpora village of Awantipora in Jammu and Kashmir.

Riyaz Naikoo reportedly came to his native home in Pulwama’s Beighpora village when the security forces including the Rashtriya Rifles (RR), Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF) and the Special Operations Group (SOG) of the local police, sealed all entry and exit points of the village.

Riyaz Naikoo, one of the most-wanted terrorists in Jammu and Kashmir, was on Wednesday killed by a joint team of Indian Army, Central Reserve Police Force and Jammu and Kashmir Police at his native Beighpora village of Awantipora in Jammu and Kashmir's Pulwama district. The forces also gunned down one os his associates during the fierce encounter.

In a major breakthrough, the security forces on Wednesday killed the most wanted and Pakistan-supported Hizb-ul-Mujahideen's top terrorist Riyaz Naikoo along with his associate in an encounter in Beighpora village of Awantipora in Jammu and Kashmir.

The security forces on Wednesday trapped a top terrorist after an overnight operation in Jammu and Kashmir’s Awantipora.

Riyaz Naikoo, a top Hizbul Mujahideen commander, had assured that Amarnath pilgrims will not be harmed, in a new video clip.

Days after killing Amarnath terror attack mastermind and Lashkar-e-Taiba commander Abu Ismail during an encounter in Srinagar, the security forces in Jammu and Kashmir released a list of top five dreaded terrorists who are active in the Valley.